"There's a huge percentage of Victorians that are either born overseas or have a parent that was, and we'd like our lifesaving clubs to reflect that," Mr Morton said.

Before starting training, migrants enrolled to be lifesavers by Life Saving Victoria all have at least a year's swimming lessons.

"We're finding that [swimming between the flags] is becoming more understood and recognised, especially with the role models we have here who can maybe translate this into their languages," Mr Morton said.

"But like I said there is also a softer effect where they go back into their community and they tell someone, who tells someone.

"A trickle-down message that gets to the more grassroots part of the community, and the message gets out more broadly."